Most business people don't claim to be uber-smart and visionary. They just try to do their jobs like everyone else. Do you think the CEO of McDonalds expects anyone to believe that he's some prodigy who's "transforming the world of hamburgers"?
Silicon Valley created its own pedestal of "meritocracy" so when we find out that it's no more meritocratic than any other business-- and, in fact, often less so-- the black eye is deserved.
Silicon Valley created its own pedestal of "meritocracy" so when we find out that it's no more meritocratic than any other business-- and, in fact, often less so-- the black eye is deserved.